Next game will be against Buffalo Sabres on Monday, November 19, 2018 in Pittsburg Consol Energy CenterLast game against Sabres which was played in Pittsburg Consol Energy Center on 12/2/2017 Penguins won 5-1See All games played against Buffalo Sabres

Matt Murray has struggled mightily as of late. It hasn’t been a pleasant start to the 2018-19 season for the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the guy likely enjoying his time the least right now is struggling netminder Matt Murray. During Saturday’s contest against the Ottawa Senators, Murray was yanked following the first period of play after surrendering three goals on just 10 shots.

The Pittsburgh Penguins could be in trouble in goal. The Penguins thought that Matt Murray was their goalie of the future and he excelled in his first two seasons, winning the Stanley Cup in both. It allowed the Penguins to have no trouble in letting Marc-Andre Fleury go to Vegas in the expansion draft.

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres, who meet Monday at PPG Paints Arena, seem to have switched identities this season. The Penguins, winners of the Stanley Cup two of the past three seasons, are 7-8-3, last in the Eastern Conference and mired in a 1-7-1 funk. The Sabres, doormats for several years, are 12-6-2 and have won five straight.

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Mikko Koivu appeared on Waiver Wired last week when he was owned in just 15% of Yahoo leagues. Travis Zajac is still available in 90% of Yahoo leagues. Zajac has also been playing on the top line between Taylor Hall and Kyle Palmieri.